Chiller repair needed

[roland jacques]

I have a 2 HP chiller that trips the breaker when it turns on. I need someone who can fix this. Any sugestions?

 

[chicagoman_35]

Could be a bad capacitor

 

[christopherjay]

Could also be that you are over loading that circuit..I would try and move it to another outlet that you know is on its own IE a fridge..

 

[roland jacques]

Thanks Guys, the circuit is fine. The capacitor may be the culprit.

Do any of you know someone who works on these? I have a few other large chillers that need to be checked out also, before i part with them.

 

[purplegorilla]

I would try to clean out the condensor. It would help with the cooling and not make the chiller overwork. Mine had a lot of dust even though it had a filter, so it wasn't cooling as it used to. I decided to pulled out my air compressor and started blowing all the grimes and dust inside the chiller out. Works great.

 

[rbredding]

wow.. that's a serious chiller..

every one I found (looked several up online) ran on 220v and pulled over 20A..

obviously, you must have a dedicated circuit set up for that big mama-jama..

Contact Jenn at Creation Reef in Canton, Ga... she's got a guys name/number that can repair/recharge chillers..

 

[roland jacques]

Rbredding;555597 wrote: wow.. that's a serious chiller..

every one I found (looked several up online) ran on 220v and pulled over 20A..

obviously, you must have a dedicated circuit set up for that big mama-jama..

Contact Jenn at Creation Reef in Canton, Ga... she's got a guys name/number that can repair/recharge chillers..

Thanks

Yes it is a 220 volt chiller It did have a dedicated circuit. But now you mention it i believe it was a 20 Amp circuit. It probably would not have hurt to have a larger circuit for it. It has already been replaced with a new 2 hp chiller that ran fine on the breaker. That one is only like 2 years old, i just want to get it running good and checked out before i sell them.

I'll give Jenn a call thanks, I'm not sure but i thought Sal and maybe Mumfret did chiller work. are they still around?

 

[roland jacques]

purpleGORILLA;555584 wrote: I would try to clean out the condensor. It would help with the cooling and not make the chiller overwork. Mine had a lot of dust even though it had a filter, so it wasn't cooling as it used to. I decided to pulled out my air compressor and started blowing all the grimes and dust inside the chiller out. Works great.

Cool was that the 1 HP black one?

 

[mockery]

Rbredding;555597 wrote: wow.. that's a serious chiller..

every one I found (looked several up online) ran on 220v and pulled over 20A..

obviously, you must have a dedicated circuit set up for that big mama-jama..

Contact Jenn at Creation Reef in Canton, Ga... she's got a guys name/number that can repair/recharge chillers..

Jenn owns imagine ocean in canton. Creation is in Woodstock.

 

[grouper therapy]

Sounds like a seized compressor!:sad:

 

[rbredding]

Mockery;555681 wrote: Jenn owns imagine ocean in canton. Creation is in Woodstock.

yes, thank you Mockery, you're right.. I was typing too fast, I guess...

Roland Jacques;555650 wrote: Thanks

Yes it is a 220 volt chiller It did have a dedicated circuit. But now you mention it i believe it was a 20 Amp circuit. It probably would not have hurt to have a larger circuit for it. It has already been replaced with a new 2 hp chiller that ran fine on the breaker. That one is only like 2 years old, i just want to get it running good and checked out before i sell them.

careful... you can't just replace the breaker, you must check first to make sure that the wiring from the panel to the outlet is at least 10gauge before you do anything. (circuits carrying larger than 20A loads must be on 10 gauge wiring so they don't overheat - 12gauge wiring is good up to 20A, while 14ga wire is good up to 15A)